IN REMEMBRANCE
Catherine Louise (McEachern) Redden embarked on her final journey from the Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover, N.H. on Sept. 26, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer fueled by an incredibly positive attitude and support from her family, friends and faith.
Born April 12, 1949, youngest child of John H. McEachern, Jr. and Stella Louise Shaw she was raised in Hampton Falls, N.H. A graduate of Winnacunnet High School, Class of 1967, she received her BS from Plymouth State College and taught English at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., for 15 years. While teaching she earned a Masters in Library Science from the University of Rhode Island and moved on to become a public library administrator, first in Londonderry in 1986, and then in Hampton, where her great-grandfather, Simeon Albert Shaw, was the first public librarian for over 50 years.
In 2005, she was honored with the Ann Geisel Award of Merit from her peers. Cathy was a lifetime member of the N.H. Library Association, the One Hundred Club and was also honored with a Paul Harris Fellow Award from the Hampton Rotary Club.
Along the way she was married for 23 years and gained some wonderful in-laws in the Redden family who supported her through her divorce and in her following years of independence. Cathy embodied her parents Yankee values of hard work, honesty and family loyalty. In 1991, she discovered a passion for making quilts for family, friends and fundraisers and spent the Lenten season of 2007 making a baby quilt a week for the Rotoplast project for cleft palate babies.
She is survived by her brother, John H. (Jack) McEachern, III of Hampton Falls; sister, Judith E. (Jude) Thibault and husband, Nelson L. Thibault, Jr. of Nottingham; four nieces, Therese Thibault Bonnet and husband, Guillaume of Clermont-Ferrand, France; Laura Thibault and husband, Jamie McKinnon of Thornton, N.H.; Jessica Thibault and Rob Chapin of San Diego, Calif.; Marni Thibault and husband, Greg Thibault of Berwick, Maine; nine grandnephews and nieces; many McEachern and Shaw cousins; devoted friends, and her faithful feline companions, Ali and Gracie.
The outpouring of love and prayers from Europe to California and from Maine to Florida and points in between was humbling. Cathy’s incredible courage and positive outlook will continue to inspire all the lives that she touched.
A celebration of life was be held at the First Congregational Church, Hampton, N.H., on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hampton Rotary Club, P.O. Box 353, Hampton NH 03843-0353 or the Lane Memorial Library, 2 Academy Ave., Hampton, N.H. 03842. Assistance with arrangements was by Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory www.RemickGendron.com.
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Marilyn Edith McBride, 57, of College Road, Wolfeboro, died September 1, 2008 at Huggins Hospital. She was born in Malden, MA. on December 15, 1950, daughter of Herbert and Alice Phillips. She grew up in North Reading, MA, and graduated from the University of New Hampshire, Class of 1972. She lived in Wolfeboro since 1978, moving there from Sanbornville. She worked as a Library Technician at the Wolfeboro Public Library and was a volunteer leader with the 4-H Club on the local and state level. She enjoyed reading and her grandson. She leaves her husband, Wayne McBride of Wolfeboro; her mother, Alice Phillips of Wolfeboro; a son, John and his wife Audrey McBride of Dallas, TX; a daughter, Elizabeth McBride-Lilleg and her husband, Mathius Lillge of Iowa City, Iowa; a bother, Dana and his wife Cindy Phillips of Derry; and a grandson, Joshua McBride. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Seacoast Cancer Center at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover or the Carroll County 4-H Horse Advisory.
Marilyn worked at the Wolfeboro Library for 19 years. She was the interlibrary loan librarian and she would order anything from anywhere in order to connect the patron with the material they wanted. She was unfailingly cheerful and positive. She enjoyed technology and solving technology problems. We really miss her.
- submitted by Cindy Scott, Director
Wolfeboro Public Library |
